#2C1489#2C1489

#2C1489 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.175 H 279.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C1489
RGB	rgb(44, 20, 137)
HSL	hsl(252, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(252, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 85.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.40, 44.30, -59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.40, 74.28, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(32.53% 0.03 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(32.53% 0.175 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8028, 2.8415, 23.9047)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C1489 #718914

analogous

#143689 #2C1489 #661489

triadic

#2C1489 #892C14 #14892C

tetradic

#2C1489 #891436 #718914 #148966

square

#2C1489 #891436 #718914 #148966

split-complementary

#2C1489 #896614 #368914

monochromatic

#0A041E #1B0C54 #2C1489 #3D1CBE #5936E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#2C1489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#2C1489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C1489

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C1489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C1489	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c1489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 20, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.175 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7457ad',
    500: '#2c1489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c1489;
$custom-light: #7457ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c1489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.308,
    "s": 74.522,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32529,
    "c": 0.17471,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C1489

secondary

#A3BD3C

accent

#F137CB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C1489

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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